The Machine Center, Triple E, LLC, Fabricating Concepts LLC, and Reaction Industries, LLC are four value-added manufacturers held under the parent company of Caster Concepts, Inc. The four locations have the combined manufacturing capabilities (details inside) of businesses much larger while not losing sight of customer needs. Backed by the engineering staff of Conceptual Innovations, we have the combined ability to tackle your projects.
Consider this family of businesses supported by Caster Concepts, Inc. when you have outsourcing opportunities. All companies are certified by ISO 9001-2000 standards and are capable of meeting your needs - on time - on demand - on budget. Let us go beyond standard for you.
Precision Machining
Turning
9 CNC lathes with ability to turn up to 22"
Daewoo 12 L-B
Daewoo 250
Daewoo 250 MS (live tooling and bar feeding)
Daewoo 8S
Daewoo 200C
Haas SL 20 (bar feeding)
Haas SL 20 (30hp and 5,000 rpms)
Mazak QT 10
Murata MR12
2 CNC twin spindle machine for high production machining
Daewoo 200 2SP
Daewoo 250 2SP
3 engine lathes for short run prototype and shafts up to 100"
Off line programming with Gibbs Cam software
Automatic Screw Machines
Acme 2 5/8"
Acme 2"
Acme 1 5/8" (2)
Acme 1"
Acme 3/4"
Acme 9/16" (2)
Milling
4 CNC mills for short run or production milling
Daewoo Mynx 500
Haas VF-5 (4th axis)
Haas VF-2 (4th axis)
Haas VF-1 (4th axis)
Haas TM-1 (4th axis)
1 DMV 400 turn table mill for high production milling/drilling
6 knee mills for tool room work
Off line programming with Gibbs Cam software
Surface Griding
Chevalier 6X18 table
Splitback 6X18 table
ID Grinding up to 8
OD Grinding up to 10"
Rotary Grinding
Centerless Grinding
Surface Grinding 18"X72"
Broaching
Drilling
Solberga 3 HP power feed heavy duty drill Press
Boring Mill-Devileg
Surface Cleaning/Preparation
Bronco 6.5 cu ft blaster
Bronco 3.5 cu ft blaster
Hot parts washing
Fabricating
Laser Cutting
2-Amada FO3015NT laser with 5X10 shuttle table, continuous 4000 watt cutting, Metamation software driven
Steel to 1.125"
Aluminum to 0.375"
Stainless to 0.5"
Call for other cutting capabilities
Forming
Amada 240 ton brake press
8 axis back gauging
14 foot bed
Short or long run capabilities
Welding
4 Lincoln PowerWave Pulse welders (Mig)
1 Lincoln Precision Tig 375
1 multiple cell Fanuc 100i Robot powered by a Lincoln PowerWave welder
Cutting
Amada 350W automatic band saw
Polyurethane Processing
Meter mixing capabilities for MDI and TDI material
Standard durometer of 70A/85A/95A/70D
Ability to pour varying durometers to meet specifications
Bonding expertise of polyurethane to metal
Batch capabilities for a variety of materials and for R&D
Special and Custom mold designs
Engineering and Product Development
Four Degreed Mechanical Engineers
One Degreed Polymer Materials Engineer
Full time SolidWorks/CAD technician.
SolidWorks platform
AutoCAD capabilities
Gauging and fixturing capabilities from design to development
Tool Room Capabilities
Broach machine building
Broach fixturing
Automation Integration
Broach cutter development and manufacture
Prototype development and build
Inspection and Quality Control
CMM-Sheffield RS50 Cordax DDC with Open DIIMS software
Comparator
Profilometer
ISO 9001-2000 certified
Rockwell hardness testing
Full SPC documentation on production runs
Testing
Wheel endurance and fatigue analysis on drum testing machine with 24/7 monitoring using multiple sensor feedbacks
Bond and peel testing and qualification using custom designed, 20,000lb max, pull testing machine.
Dynamic and static performance evaluation of shock absorption wheel products.